diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py b/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py
index 3e4cd2688fcf..3f79d663f5b1 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ def __init__(
                 ):
                     logger.warning(msg)
                     self.context_len = context_length
+                    if is_draft_model:
+                        self.hf_text_config.max_position_embeddings = context_length
+                        logger.warning(
+                            f"Overriding the draft model's max_position_embeddings to {context_length}."
+                        )
                 else:
                     raise ValueError(
                         f"{msg} To allow overriding this maximum, set the env var SGLANG_ALLOW_OVERWRITE_LONGER_CONTEXT_LEN=1"